Asus SK8N SK8N User Manual - Page 16

1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product Highlights Latest processor technology The 940-pin ZIF socket on the motheboard supports the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX and AMD Opteron™ processors. The AMD Opteron™ processor represents the industry's first x86-64 technology, while the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX is a 64-bit PC processor designed specifically for cinematic computing. The 128-bit-wide data paths of these processors can run applications faster than processors with only 32-bit or 64-bit wide data paths. HyperTransport™ Technology HyperTransport™ Technology is a high-speed, low latency, point-to-point link designed to increase the communication speed between integrated circuits in computers, networking and telecommunicatons equipment up to 48 times faster than other existing technologies. Serial ATA solution The motherboard supports two interfaces compliant to the Serial ATA (SATA) specification, an evolutionary replacement of the Parallel ATA storage interface. The Serial ATA specification allows for thinner, more flexible cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage requirement, up to 150 MB/s data transfer rate. With the Promise PDC 20378 RAID controller onboard, the motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 configurations using Serial ATA drives. Dual Channel DDR memory support Employing the Double Data Rate (DDR) memory technology, the motherboard supports up to 8GB of system memory using PC3200/ PC2700/PC2100 registered DDR DIMMs. The ultra-fast 400MHz memory bus delivers the required bandwidth for the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. AGP 8X support AGP 8X (AGP 3.0) is the next generation VGA interface specification that enables enhanced graphics performance with high bandwidth speeds up to 2.12 GB/s. 1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction